Understanding its value and proven place in hundreds of defense programs, Kontron will continue its investment in evolving a fully-featured VME product line.

PROCESSOR MIGRATION

Kontron’s currently available 6U VME SBCs allow a single design to be used with old and new software stacks with the same system building blocks (i.e., identical mezzanine carrier, rear transition modules and front panel I/O layout). Creating systems that span different CPU architectures helps to reduce risk and development time, streamline the process for upgrading existing VME systems and significantly reduce the cost of maintaining multiple versions of the system at the same time.

FUTURE-PROOFING WITH FPGA TECHNOLOGY

Over the past 15 years, Kontron has deployed many thousands of boards using its own FPGA-based VME interface controller known as ALMA, eliminating the fear of interface chip obsolescence and ensuring its VME customers are not affected by EOL worries.

About Kontron

Kontron is a global leader in embedded computing technology (ECT). As a part of technology group S&T, Kontron offers a combined portfolio of secure hardware, middleware and services for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 applications. With its standard products and tailor-made solutions based on highly reliable state-of-the-art embedded technologies, Kontron provides secure and innovative applications for a variety of industries. As a result, customers benefit from accelerated time-to-market, reduced total cost of ownership, product longevity and the best fully integrated applications overall.